Mop.



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` MOP. APPLICATION FILED IUNE I9. I9I4.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

XMIIIIVIYI l IWI If i .I III IIIIIIII v IARRY L. FEASEL, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

IVIOP.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Giet.. 29., 1818.

Application led I une 19, 1914:. Serial No. 846,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. FEAsEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to that class of mops commonly known as dustless mops, although not limited thereto.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a mop head of skeleton form, and simple and inexpensive i'n construction, and of a material that will not be readily at tacked by water or other fluids with which it will come in Contact while in use. A further object is to provide a mop head to whichthe mop fabric may be readily attached, and easily detached for cleansing or renewal. A further object is to provide means whereby accidental disengagement of the mop fabric from the mop head is prevented without theuse of catches, or the like.

The inventionwill be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims. 3

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a pers ective view of the mop head with the mop abric detached. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the arms separated. Fig. 8 is a plan view with the mop fabric se* cured in position. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the complete mop. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a slightlymodiiied form of mop head.

Referring to the drawing, the mop head comprises two plate like sections 16, 10, slidable one upon the other and pivotally connected by a pivot pin 11. Complemental abutments 12 are provided to vlimit the pivotal movement of said sections. The section 10 is provided with ay diagonally disposed boss 13 which coincides with a diagonal opening 13X in section 10a when the sections are in closed position. The boss 13 and opening 13x are threaded as indicated at 15. Extending laterally from the respective sections 10, 10a are arms 16 which are curved or bent at 17 to form arms 18. The arms 18 conver e from the bends 17, and are separated at t eir extremities by a space 19. It will benoted that the arms 16 may be relatively wide at the point Where they join the members 10, 10g, and tapering toward the bends 17 and from said bends the arms 18 grada'- to engage the threads 15, to lock the mem.

bers 10, 10-a in closed relation.

The mop fabric comprises the fibrous material 21 secured within a flexible tubular binding 22, of suitable material, such as canvas or othersimilarfabric. rIhe mop fabric is made flexible so that it will assume any desired shape in plan view, the shape being controlled bythe shape of the mop head.

In practice, when it is desired to use my improved mop, handle 20 is disengaged from sections 10, 10a whereupon the said sections may swing on pivot 11, permitting a relative movement of the arms 18. The ends of the said arms 18 are then passe-d into the open ends of the tubular binding 22, and the said binding is worked backward or thread.- ed over said arms 18, around the bends 17 and over the arms 16 until the ends of the binding are forced against the members 10, 10a. Said members are then brought into closed position and locked by handle 20. The mop fabric is thus causedfto assume a triangular shape in'plan view, whereby it may be conveniently worked into corners while in use. The friction of the binding against the arms of the mop head and the resilience of the arms 18 all tend to retain the mop fabric in position upon the head and to prevent relative' slipping. When it is desired to remove the mop fabric from the head, the boss is held in one hand and a finger of the, other hand isl hooked inside of the binding opposite the opening or space 19. A straight pull will then effect the withdrawal of the mop fabric. If desired, water may be supplied through the hollow handle 20 by attaching said handle to a` suitableVv source of water supply.

l If desired the mop head may be made in one piece as indicated in` Fig. 5. In this form the arms 16a and 18a are rigidl secured to a boss 13, the arms 16LL exten ing laterally from said boss and joining the arms 18 by the bends 17a.' In practice the arms 18xL are er tended into the open ends of the mop bind all ing 22 and the latter passed around the bends l' into contact with the boss. rl`he mop fabric is removed in the same manner as that described in connection with the first mentioned form of my invention.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what l claim is l. i triangular mop-head comprising a straight side, a handle socket in the middle ot said straight side and members forwardly converging in iront oit' said handle socket, said members forming the other two sides of the triangle and having an opening between the ends through which the mop itabric may be applied to said head.

A mop head comprising a handle-engaging portion having laterally projecting arms provided with integral forwardly projecting converging arms separated at their' forward ends, said arms gradually diminishing in thickness from the handle engaging portion to the extremities.

3. mop head comprising a handle-engaging portion formed -o articulated sections having laterally projecting members provided' with forwardly projecting converging arms.

4.-. A mop head comprising a handle-engaging portion formed of articulated sections havino laterally projecting members provided with forwardly projecting converging arms, said sections having complemental abutments to limit closing movement thereof.

5. A. mop'head comprising a handle-engaging portion formed of articulated sections having laterally projecting members provided with forwardly projecting converging arms, said sections having coinciding openings, and a handle engaging said openings.

6. rlhe combination with a mop having a tubular binding, of a mop head provided with forwardly projecting converging arms separated at their ends and extending longinaeaaoa tudinally into the ends of said binding, a portion of said binding spanning the space between said separated ends.

'l'. rlihe combination with a mop head comprising a handle-engaging portion having laterally extended arms provided with integral forwardly projecting converging arms separated at their forward ends, of a mop having a tubular binding threaded over said arms and having its ends in Contact with said handle-engaging portion, a portion of said binding spanning the space between said separated ends.

8. lin a device of the class described, a mop-holder and former comprising a rim formed with a gap providing separated ends for threading into a mop band, and a handle member supported byr a portion of the rim leaving the gap open for threading the mop band on to the rim and toward said member, and a mop fabric on said holder land bridging said gap.

9. ln a mop, an absorbent mop fabric having a vtubular portion, and a pair of arms extending into the ends and supporting the mop fabric, each arm having a tree end in proximity to and permanently spaced from the free end of the other arm to .permit the tubular portion of the mop fabric to be slipped upon said arms to be supported thereby.

10. lin a mop, an absorbent mop fabric having a tubular portion, a pair of arms joined at one end and extending at rst away from and then toward each other, the opposite free ends of the arms being in proximity to'and spaced from each other and extending into the ends of the tubular portionv of the mop fabric which extends across the opening between the ends of the arm, and` a handle secured to the arms where' they join each other. f

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY L. FEASEL. Witnesses:

WM. S. Houses,

CEAS. E. Bronnen.

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